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20.9.13

I know it's early & I too get cheesed off with Xmas being pushed in my face in September but if you'd like a copy of RETROSPECTIVE SCOOTERS best get an order in soon, or you might want to subtley make it known to your loved ones/friends you'd like a copy for Crimbo...

... "if you have a Vespa Special ... that takes away the problems!" (from an Italian song by Lunapop "Vespa 50")

Vespa 125 GTR A great love!

Love at first sight ...since a was a little girl.... The first time I
get on the Vespa I was so little I could not see where my father was
driving (I was too short!), then as I grow up I was sitting in a corner
of the saddle, then as I was 14-years-old it was better to sit on the
saddle behind my father. Finally as I got my driving licence I was
driving it.

That was the first time I went in motion ..
Francesca - grazie mille for letting me feature your Gran Turismo ; )

13.9.13

Great shot by Dirk Heinecke in Rome, clever composition made to look easy with the vespa, couple on board, walking couple, marble sculpture & Castel Sant Angelo across the Tiber - I reckon a fair amount of patience was required to get this...

8.9.13

Another of the 35mm film shots which features in my 'Retrospective Scooters' book, produced in collaboration with Niall McCart, owner of Retrospective Scooters in Hornsey, London N8 & graphic designer, David Hardy.

Book available to buy at £29.50 plus P&P via link - here We have approx 40-50 copies left of the initial print run with no immediate plans as yet for another run, so get your copy while you still can..!

I've been very particular regarding who sells the book; other than my vespamore site, Retrospective & Dave Hardy's site, the book up until now has been available to buy via S.I.P. Scootershop. Added to this select list is the very cool classic Vespa workshop, Maskes Vespa Klassiekers in Rijen, Holland. So if you're in the Netherlands or Belgium, call in if you're passing...

7.9.13

Excellent shot from 'The Scootographer' aka Dominic Hinde taken at this year's Brighton Mod Weekender, over the August Bank Holiday weekend. Great portrait & really like the composition of this shot.

Dominic is making a name for himself with his scooter photography having been featured on here a few times along with other blogs, Rimini
Lambretta's website & also Fred Perry's website. Dominic undertakes
private commission work too. See more of this great set of fotos here

Have to admit to the whole Mod thing not being my bag at all but 'live & let live' as they say; clean (accessory free), original paint scoots is more my thing as most visitors to this site will know & followers of my own work. Still, you don't have to always like something to be able to appreciate the time & effort that's gone into it... and in this case I do find myself admiring the style & aesthetic of the subjects in Dominic's series even if after all it's not for me personally.

Cool shot from French photographer Laurent Callot looks like a GS3 produced by the Augsburg factory under licence in Germany. I used to own one of these - see here. The GS3 was kind of a hybrid GS150 VS4/VS5 with obvious differences being the Hella electrics, horncast, rear stem light, Denfeld seat & alloy panel trim.

Like the POV (point of view) in this shot by cinematographer Allen David of his very nice '90s restored VB1T or 'Clubman' as they were known as in England, assembled under licence by the Douglas factory in Bristol).

Some digital shots I took in Canterbury, Chartham & Chilham, Kent of a 1958 GS150 VS4, aka 'Luigi', the name given to him by his proud owner (also in pics, see full set here) - taken August 2013. The above shot was taken in Canterbury looking towards the Buttermarket with Canterbury cathedral beyond.

I would have loved to have taken these on my Olympus OM2 film camera, alas it was having replacement seals fitted..